“The iWatch will fill a gaping hole in the Apple ecosystem. It will facilitate and coordinate not only the activities of all the other computers and devices we use, but a wide array of devices to come,” Bruce Tognazzini writes for askTog. “Like other breakthrough Apple products, it’s value will be underestimated at launch, then grow to have a profound impact on our lives and Apple’s fortunes.”

“Steve Jobs’s true legacy lies not with his products, but his method, the way he would forge revolutionary products from cold blocks of creativity. I know. I was one of his earliest recruits and watched him develop the method,” Tog writes. “Steve applied it one project at a time. My hope is that Apple now has teams applying it across many projects, shortening the historic six years between breakthrough products.”

“What will follow is not based on insider information but a solid understanding of Apple, its products, the problem, and the opportunity,” Tog writes. “The Apple iWatch development team I expect exists is likely already well ahead of the ideas I’m suggesting here, but should they draw any new ideas from what follows, they are free to use them. I’ve already reached my lifetime goal of as many patents as Heinz has varieties.”

Tog writes, “Before delving into what an Apple smartwatch might look like, we need to understand why, right now, people not only think they don’t need a smartwatch, they flat-out don’t want a smartwatch.”

That’s a really good idea. I want one, for proper drawing and fine writing. I’ve got a perfectly good Seiko, and a smart phone, I really don’t need my watch to be any smarter than just telling the time accurately.

The arm worn time piece is a thing of the past. Most young people don’t wear a ‘watch’ and the Dick Tracy two way wrist communicator is a possibility that is truly not ergonomic. What purpose could an iWatch have today?